This site requires JavaScript. Your browser either doesn’t support JavaScript or you have it turned off.

For this page to function correctly, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page.

The Alaska Boater Education Card

Who needs the Boater Education Card?

Alaska does not require boating education. You can take this course to save on insurance or to boat in states that require a card.

There is no minimum age requirement to take this online course.

You do not have to be a resident of Alaska to take this online course.

You Must Carry the Card

Vessel operators who are required to have a Boater Education Card must carry the card on board the vessel and have it available for inspection by an enforcement officer.

Reciprocity

For visiting boaters, all states, territories, and provinces will recognize boating education cards that meet NASBLA requirements and Canadian Pleasure Craft Operator Cards that meet Transport Canada’s requirements. (This is known as “reciprocity.”)

Is the Boating Card the same as the Boating License?

The Alaska Boater Education Certificate is proof that you have successfully completed all of the components of an approved Boating safety course and allows you to go boating. Because the Boating education card or certificate does not expire and does not need to be renewed, it is not called the Alaska Boating License.

I do not have a driver’s license. Can I still get the Alaska Boater Education Certificate?

Yes. You are not required to have a state driver’s license in order to obtain a Boater Education Card.

Other Questions

For these and other questions about your boating card, please check our FAQs.

Boat Ed is produced by Kalkomey Enterprises, Inc. Kalkomey is a private organization dedicated to providing print and Internet boating education courses for North American boaters in the United States and Canada.